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The persistence of the soul: the afterlife in postsecular television
Helen Wheatley / University of WarwickHelen Wheatley discusses the recent proliferation of afterlife-themed television shows and how creators navigate multiple conceptions of “post-death experience.”
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Cinema’s First Nasty Women (Or, How to Record a Celebrity Video Intro)
Maggie Hennefeld / University of MinnesotaMaggie Hennefeld discusses efforts to curate 99 silent films spotlighting early film feminism, and discusses the challenges of navigating the early feminist film archive.
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“Name One Male Director”: Gender, Genre, and Authorship in Rose Matafeo’s Starstruck
Stefania Marghitu / Loyola University New OrleansStefania Marghitu explores the intersections between gender, genre, and authorship via Rose Matafeo’s Starstruck.
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Selling Smart TV Surveillance
CARA DICKASON / NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYCara Dickason examines how corporations sell Smart TVs as domestic surveillance technologies through gendered formulas.
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Were You Looking at the Woman in the Red Dress? The Male Gaze in The Matrix
Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic UniversityNicole Erin Morse examines how The Matrix (1999) interrupts and deconstructs the male gaze.
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Portrait of an Art house during a pandemic, part 2
Sarah E. S. Sinwell / university of utahSarah E.S. Sinwell details how one art house cinema continues to adapt to the pandemic while serving its local community.
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Bridgerton’s Romance with Racial Nostalgia
Isabel Molina-Guzmán / University of illinoisIsabel Molina-Guzmán discusses how Bridgerton‘s escapist, colorblind narrative discursively produces a racial nostalgia that simultaneously erases unpleasant histories of racial conflict, generates pleasure in non-white audiences, and maintains white subjectivity.
Over*Flow

Over*Flow: “One Train!”: Race, Gender and Class in Snowpiercer
Riziki Millanzi / University of Sussex
Riziki Millanzi assesses the Snowpiercer television series depiction of intersectional politics, arguing the show ignores the nuances and varied experiences of marginalized peoples to oppression.